The Rankin Family is a Canadian musical family group from Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, 6 Juno Awards, 4 SOCAN Awards, 3 Canadian Country Music Awards and 2 Big Country Music Awards.
A family of performers
The Rankins come from a family of 12, all of whom would entertain the neighbours musically every third weekend as part of a ceilidh.
The first Rankin Family band formed in the 1970s when siblings Geraldine, Genevieve, David, John Morris, and Raylene Rankin began performing at local weddings and dances in Cape Breton. As the older siblings went away to college and university, the younger siblings Jimmy, Cookie and Heather took their places.[1]
These five siblings - Jimmy, John Morris, Cookie, Raylene and Heather - released their own independent cassettes The Rankin Family (1989) and Fare Thee Well Love (1990), featuring original songs and a combination of traditional jigs, reels and Celtic folk songs. Their television debut was on the CBC variety show On the Road Again in 1989.
Their most successful album was EMI's re-release of Fare Thee Well Love in 1992, which went quadruple platinum, selling over 500,000 copies; the title track was one of the year's biggest Top 40 hit singles in Canada.
Separate ways
On September 17, 1999, after recording the song "Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor" with The Chieftains for their album Tears of Stone, the group issued a press release stating that they would no longer perform as a group in order to pursue independent interests and careers.
Less than a year later, John Morris Rankin was killed in a car accident in Cape Breton on January 16, 2000. His truck that he was driving to a hockey game plunged into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as he swerved to avoid a pile of salt on the road.[2]
Jimmy Rankin has continued to write songs and has released three well-received solo albums: Song Dog (2001), Handmade (2003), and Edge of Day (2007).
Reunion
In November 2006, it was announced that the four surviving Rankins—along with John Morris's daughter Molly—would be releasing a new album and reuniting for a cross-Canada concert tour. The tour was a great success, coast to coast. They have announced that are planning another reunion for 2009; this will include a new CD releasing February 3, 2009 with a tour, and a television special.
Souvenir 1989 – 1998 2002
Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. You Feel the Same Way Too
2. Borders and Time
3. Rise Again
4. North Country
5. Orangedale Whistle
6. River
7. Let It Go
8. Maybe You're Right
9. Bells
10. Gillis Mountain
11. Forty Days and Nights [Radio Edit]
12. Movin' On
13. Roving Gypsy Boy [Remix]
Disc: 2
1. Fare Thee Well Love
2. O Tha Mo Dhuil Ruit (Oh How I Love Thee)
3. Greenberg Medley
4. Down by the Sally Gardens
5. Grey Dusk of Eve (Portobello) [Leis an Lurgainn Remix]
6. Christy Campbell Medley
7. Innis Àigh (The Happy Isle)
8. Parlour Medley: Mary MacDonald Strathspey/Reddie's Reel/Port-A ...
9. Mull River Shuffle [Live]
10. Farewell to Lochaber
11. Weddings, Wakes and Funerals [Big Mind Radio Mix]
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Filename
Size
Disc 1/01. The Rankins - You Feel the Same Way Too.flac
35.1 MB
Disc 1/02. The Rankins - Borders and Time.flac
23.4 MB
Disc 1/03. The Rankins - Rise Again.flac
24.1 MB
Disc 1/04. The Rankins - North Country.flac
25.4 MB
Disc 1/05. The Rankins - Orangedale Whistle.flac
25.2 MB
Disc 1/06. The Rankins - The River.flac
24.4 MB
Disc 1/07. The Rankins - Let it Go.flac
28.3 MB
Disc 1/08. The Rankins - Maybe You're Right.flac
31.3 MB
Disc 1/09. The Rankins - Bells.flac
19.8 MB
Disc 1/10. The Rankins - Gillis Mountain.flac
21.4 MB
Disc 1/11. The Rankins - Forty Days and Nights (Radio Edit).flac
23.3 MB
Disc 1/12. The Rankins - Movin' On.flac
25.7 MB
Disc 1/13. The Rankins - Roving Gypsy Boy (Remix).flac
29.1 MB
Disc 1/Souvenir Disc 1.cue
2.4 KB
Disc 1/The Rankins - Souvenir Disc 1.log
5.8 KB
Disc 1/The Rankins - Souvenir Disc 1.m3u
1.1 KB
Disc 2/01. The Rankins - Fare Thee Well Love.flac
28.7 MB
Disc 2/02. The Rankins - O Tha Mo Dhuil Ruit (Oh How I Love Thee).flac
19.3 MB
Disc 2/03. The Rankins - Greenberg Medley.flac
28.3 MB
Disc 2/04. The Rankins - Down by the Sally Gardens.flac
32.9 MB
Disc 2/05. The Rankins - Grey Dusk of Eve (Portobello) (Leis An Lurgainn Remix).flac
19.1 MB
Disc 2/06. The Rankins - Christy Campbell Medley.flac
30.2 MB
Disc 2/07. The Rankins - An Innis Aigh (The Happy Isle).flac
19.6 MB
Disc 2/08. The Rankins - Parlour Medley.flac
39.8 MB
Disc 2/09. The Rankins - Mull River Shuffle.flac
52 MB
Disc 2/10. The Rankins - Fare Well to Lochaber.flac
20.2 MB
Disc 2/11. The Rankins - Weddings Wakes and Funerals (Big Mind Radio Mix).flac